Your relationship with the truth
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Dear Mr. President,
I have been wondering about something you seem to have a problem with for as long as I've know of you, and I decided it was time to broach the subject. Why do you seem to have such a bad relationship with the truth?
I am aware that most people have lied at some point in their lives. The issue I can’t understand with regard to you and the truth is you seem to be unaware that almost everything you say has some kind of fallacy attached to it. I don’t know if you actually believe that you can “only tell the truth” but you seem to say things like that a lot while proceeding to tell a falsehood. Using the phrase, I’ve got to be honest with you, does not denote that what follows is the truth. Saying things in a boastful manner about yourself with no base in reality is another form of deception; Are you really the father of IVF? I highly doubt it.
I will say, that you do seem to have an uncanny ability to self promote but when you say and do things that are wrong or misleading you lose credibility with a lot of honest people. Just saying something does not make it true or a fact.
Now, misleading and lying to people is not a good thing but when you are a world leader in a position of power and influence, it is a very bad thing (like bad in a biblical way, such as the days of Noah bad). Using inflammatory and divisive speech when talking to the very people you claim to be trying to unite is counterintuitive. We should all remember that words are powerful. They have the ability to enlighten and the power to harm. They can bring people together or they can divide whole nations. Words matter, the truth matters, lies have consequences.
Hopefully you’ll give it some thought,
A Concerned Citizen
